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Nashville 12 March 1829

Dear Sir -

I could not reconcile it to
my feelings, When reviewing my duties per
formed at this place, to depart without
calling your attention to the case of M^cClure
under sentence of death on a charge of
Murder -

For the part I have taken in that case
I refer you to to my Opinion filed with the
clerk - I feel no vain emotion in re=
fering to it - It is for a higher reason
that I wish it submited - It will shew
how I searched after truth by walking
in the light of others and adhering as I
endeavoured to do to the constitution of
my own country -

In the opinion I have not investigated
the question of his guilt, or the crime of
Murder - the other points discused [sic] were to